{"id":199,"date":"2022-12-05T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=199"},"modified":"2024-04-08T10:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:43:27","slug":"mitigation-in-the-rural-health-context","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/mitigation-in-the-rural-health-context\/","title":{"raw":"Mitigation &amp; Adaptation in the Rural Health Context","rendered":"Mitigation &amp; Adaptation in the Rural Health Context"},"content":{"raw":"<span style=\"color: #000000\">In BC, climate change mitigation and adaptation is conceptualized similarly in urban and rural areas, with an emphasis on commitments to achieving carbon neutrality, including investing in technologies that reduce energy consumption, implementing land use planning that reduces GHG emissions, and working with local businesses, industry and residents to manage energy use more sustainably.<sup><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">45<\/a><\/sup> \u00a0Examples of mitigation and adaptation initiatives in rural BC include:<\/span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_962\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"436\"]<img class=\" wp-image-962\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16.png\" alt=\"Containerized Biomass Boiler in Golden\" width=\"436\" height=\"270\" \/> <span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interiorhealth.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/PDFS\/carbon-neutral-action-report.pdf.\">Containerized Biomass Boiler in Golden (2019).<\/a>Photo by Interior Health Authority via 2019 <\/em><em>Carbon Neutral Action Report<\/em><\/span>[\/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em\"><strong>Biomass boiler installations in Golden and Lillooet:<\/strong> These plants are used to burn wood chips and pellets to generate energy for the communities\u2019 regional hospitals and centres. Together, they have reduced annual carbon emissions by 658t and operational costs by $250,000. Assessments for biomass boilers are underway for Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in the District of Clearwater.<\/span><sup><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">76,77<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Electrification project in Lytton:<\/strong> The Interior Health Authority has proposed using abandoned well water systems to generate heat pumps for St. Bartholomew Health Centre. This project\u2019s focus is to replace propane gas with renewable and more affordable energy.<sup><a style=\"text-align: initial;color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">76<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>18-month energy management project in Vanderhoof:<\/strong> The Northern Health Authority (NHA) has proposed a series of changes to St. John Hospital which includes a new air to water heat pump and a new heat recovery coil to help reduce GHG emissions. This project is expected to reduce not only site-specific emissions by 30% but also to reduce total natural gas usage in the NHA by over 1%.<sup><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">77<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Generalism and telehealth are also promising strategies in health care that can minimize GHG emissions which is discussed further in <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/part\/chapter-4-healthy-rural-communities-responding-to-climate-change-and-ecosystem-disruption\/\">Chapter 3<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/XsDEPlYnE60[\/embed]\r\n\r\nDr. Stefan Grzybowski discusses what climate change mitigation might look like in the contexts of rural health (1:26)\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><a id=\"Rec 7\"><\/a>Recommendation 7<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 0.9em\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 0.9em\"><b>Rural communities should perform an impact assessment of local healthcare activities on their natural environment when planning climate mitigation and <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16.4025px\"><b>adaptation<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 0.9em\"><b>\u00a0strategies<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\r\n<\/header><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/3ChST7JpYKs[\/embed]\r\n\r\nDr.Bob Woollard discusses why its important to consider scale and characteristics of rural communities when discussing challenges of climate change (1:37)\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">In BC, climate change mitigation and adaptation is conceptualized similarly in urban and rural areas, with an emphasis on commitments to achieving carbon neutrality, including investing in technologies that reduce energy consumption, implementing land use planning that reduces GHG emissions, and working with local businesses, industry and residents to manage energy use more sustainably.<sup><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">45<\/a><\/sup> \u00a0Examples of mitigation and adaptation initiatives in rural BC include:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-962\" style=\"width: 436px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-962\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16.png\" alt=\"Containerized Biomass Boiler in Golden\" width=\"436\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16.png 1580w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16-1536x951.png 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16-65x40.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16-225x139.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1807\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-20-at-15.16.16-350x217.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interiorhealth.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/PDFS\/carbon-neutral-action-report.pdf.\">Containerized Biomass Boiler in Golden (2019).<\/a>Photo by Interior Health Authority via 2019 <\/em><em>Carbon Neutral Action Report<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em\"><strong>Biomass boiler installations in Golden and Lillooet:<\/strong> These plants are used to burn wood chips and pellets to generate energy for the communities\u2019 regional hospitals and centres. Together, they have reduced annual carbon emissions by 658t and operational costs by $250,000. Assessments for biomass boilers are underway for Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in the District of Clearwater.<\/span><sup><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">76,77<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Electrification project in Lytton:<\/strong> The Interior Health Authority has proposed using abandoned well water systems to generate heat pumps for St. Bartholomew Health Centre. This project\u2019s focus is to replace propane gas with renewable and more affordable energy.<sup><a style=\"text-align: initial;color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">76<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>18-month energy management project in Vanderhoof:<\/strong> The Northern Health Authority (NHA) has proposed a series of changes to St. John Hospital which includes a new air to water heat pump and a new heat recovery coil to help reduce GHG emissions. This project is expected to reduce not only site-specific emissions by 30% but also to reduce total natural gas usage in the NHA by over 1%.<sup><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/references-2\/\">77<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Generalism and telehealth are also promising strategies in health care that can minimize GHG emissions which is discussed further in <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/part\/chapter-4-healthy-rural-communities-responding-to-climate-change-and-ecosystem-disruption\/\">Chapter 3<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Mitigation and Rural Health - Stefan Grzybowski\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XsDEPlYnE60?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stefan Grzybowski discusses what climate change mitigation might look like in the contexts of rural health (1:26)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><a id=\"Rec 7\"><\/a>Recommendation 7<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 0.9em\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 0.9em\"><b>Rural communities should perform an impact assessment of local healthcare activities on their natural environment when planning climate mitigation and <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16.4025px\"><b>adaptation<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 0.9em\"><b>\u00a0strategies<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-2\" title=\"The Importance of Rural Scale - Bob Woollard\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ChST7JpYKs?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dr.Bob Woollard discusses why its important to consider scale and characteristics of rural communities when discussing challenges of climate change (1:37)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1756,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-199","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":174,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/199\/revisions\/3029"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/174"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/199\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}